F.J. BRIENTENBACK
Arizona Republican Newspaper
Yuma County
June 4, 1895

Two men arrived here Saturday from a trip down the river.  On a 
sandbar about 14 miles below this village they saw a dead body 
and on examining they recognized it as that of F.J. Brientenback 
who committed suicide by jumping off the Colorado River bridge 
May 7, 1895.  They informed Justice Duke of their find on their 
arrival and he dispatched two men on the following day to bury 
the body of the unfortunate man.  The water, where the remains 
were found, overflows the banks and coveres a large area of 
land and the nearest place where the body would be interred 
was a high bluff four miles farther down.  The body was towed 
to the bluff and buried and a cross placed at his head.  The 
bluff commands a fine view for miles around and the unknown 
suicide has secured in death a beautiful and wild resting 
place on the bank of the Colorado River.

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